This is funny when you think about it. All the people
saying you were right are wasting practically as many
posts as the wavs did. I agree wavs don't belong here
but given a choice I find the wavs funnier than people,
especially the ones that never contributed anything
to the thread, patting a Tomato on the back.
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Nevada mother has dead son's sperm frozen
dailynews.yahoo.com
Friday October 2 10:44 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Nevada woman has had the sperm of her 19-year-old son harvested
and frozen after he shot himself to death playing Russian roulette, hoping that some day it can lead to
a grandchild, the doctor who carried out the procedure said Thursday.
But Dr. Russell Foulk said in a telephone interview with Reuters that she had no plans to carry the
baby herself, despite some news reports to the contrary.
''She has no plans as it currently stands to carry the baby,'' said Foulk, a specialist at the Northern
Nevada Fertility Center in Reno, Nevada. ''She wanted an egg donor to carry the baby. That's what
she told me.''
According to news reports, 38-year-old Pamela Reno had asked to have the sperm frozen so that
she could find an egg donor and act as its surrogate mother.
But Foulk told Reuters that Reno, a cocktail waitress, was busy with funeral plans for her son and
had not discussed the next step. He said Reno had failed to show up for an appointment Thursday
afternoon.
Reno's son Jeremy died when, after a night of drinking with friends, he apparently shot himself playing
Russian roulette.
Foulk said he was contacted by transplant specialists at the University of California, San Francisco,
while the man was still alive and told that his mother wanted to harvest and freeze her son's sperm.
Foulk said he complied with Reno's request.
He said he was told that Reno had spoken to the press, and had cautioned her not to make her case
public yet. He said it was possible she told a reporter that she wanted to carry the baby herself.
''She still doesn't understand what she's saying, or at least the ramifications of what she's saying,''
Foulk said.
And Foulk said he would be reluctant to inseminate Reno with her son's child.
''I think I'd have to go sit by a river and think about it for a long time,'' he said. ''Its not an ideal
situation. I'm just not articulate enough to to tell you why at this point.'' |
